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- Analyzing Mature Suburbs Through Property Values
By Katrin Anacker
America can be characterized as the land of suburbs. According to the 2000 Census, suburban areas have more residents than either central cities or rural areas. The decline of America's downtowns and central cities has been lamented at least since the 1950s. Now, 50years later, this decline has reached beyond the central cities to some of the more mature suburban areas that had sprung up during the 20th century. It is possible that in future decades outer suburbs will be affected by the same phenomenon. In other words, people could continue moving out, nurturing sprawl. This is not in the public interest.(More)
- The Impact of Regional Government Structure on the Concentration and Supply of Affordable Housing
By Andrew Aurand
The purpose of this research is to test the relationship between a metropolitan region's political fragmentation and the concentration and supply of affordable rental units for extremely low-income renter households. Public choice theory provides a foundation from which to predict that a fragmented government structure in a metropolitan region provides incentives to local municipalities to limit their redistributive policies that shift resources from higher income households to households of limited resources (Peterson, 1981). Given municipalities' desire to maintain an adequate tax base, they will attempt to attract higher income residents rather than focus on the provision of house for low-income households. A municipality's tax base can be protected of low-income housing, particularly housing for the lowest income population, is not within its jurisdiction. (More)
- Evaluating Rent-to-Own Programs: Path to Homeownership for Low-Income Renters and Tools for Inner-City Community Development
By Felix AuYeung
This study evaluates four rent-to-own programs across the country and extracts HUD-relevant policy implications based on both their successes and shortcomings. The research reveals a list of model best practices and includes a simple financial summary for three of the programs to show generically how they are structured and what the buyer owes at the time of transition. The research also discovers the importance of owner readiness for the success of the programs. This paper covers the rationale, design, analysis, and findings of the study.(More)
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